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Issue: Vol 162, Issue 7520

28 June 2012
IN THIS ISSUE

Resource partner Paul Airley has joined Fladgate LLP from McCarthy Tétrault

The Director of Public Prosecutions, Keir Starmer QC, is to receive an Honorary Doctorate of Laws from Leeds University

Hill Dickinson has promoted two partners to salaried members and four partners to legal directors

Nottingham-based law firm Rothera Dowson have appointed Paul Brill to the employment law department

Park Court Chambers and New Court Chambers, specialist criminal, commercial and civil sets, merged on 18 June

Dominic Regan on Fairclough Homes, dishonest claims & the Supreme Court

Dr Jayne Allam & Sam Westmacott explore why the Ireland report failed to deliver

Ian Smith provides a round-up of the latest employment law decisions

Crime doesn’t pay out compensation, notes Anna Hughes

Malcolm Dowden considers the liability of a parent company

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Switalskis—Sally Ann Masih, Suzy Overton & Jane Beaumont

Switalskis—Sally Ann Masih, Suzy Overton & Jane Beaumont

Trio of recruits strengthens Switalskis residential property team

Ward Hadaway—Steven Hayward

Ward Hadaway—Steven Hayward

Birmingham law firm appoints construction partner

Flint Bishop—six appointments

Flint Bishop—six appointments

Flint Bishop accelerates Northern growth through strategic senior appointments

NEWS
A High Court decision has clarified that a home may be unfit for human habitation not only where conditions endanger health or safety, but also where they seriously undermine comfort and convenience

A longer time limit for employment tribunal claims, new charity law thresholds, property tribunal recruitment and appellate guidance on small-claims costs feature in the latest Civil Way round-up

A recent High Court ruling could make issue estoppel considerably more complex in cross-border litigation, requiring parties to consider the foreign law governing the underlying claim
The Supreme Court has overturned Cheshire West’s bright-line test for deprivation of liberty, replacing it with a broader, more contextual assessment that gives greater weight to an individual’s wishes, feelings and apparent consent
Jonathan Fisher KC’s wide-ranging fraud report contains worthwhile proposals, but turning them into workable reform will require money, capacity and political will
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